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Friday, 20 April 2012

FO Friday / Creative Friday

As promised, here is the finished pullover of hubby:

It hasn't been blocked yet, but hubby hasn't taken it off for me to do just that!I must admit, this was a BIG project, and the sleeves (which I luckily had the insight to knit together) seemed to take forever. Glad it is done though, takes a weight off my shoulders knowing that this WIP is no longer looking out at me from my project bag with sad, sad eyes!

I have updated my Jar with the scraps, it is slowly filling up!

I am preparing for the Knit and Crochet Blog Week that starts on Monday, it will be my first time taking part and am looking forward to it. Are you taking part?

Thanks :D Hubby is already asking for another one and telling me what he would like, but since this once took nearly half a year to complete I think I will need just about the same length of time to recuperate before I venture out there again!

It is wonderful, I must admit, I am rather proud. I was worried that he would wear it for a couple of days because I made it for him and then leave it in the back of the cupboard. So I am thrilled, it is almost like finally accomplishing the brownie badge you were trying to get. My last attempt at a mans sweater was such a disaster I needed to prove to myself that I could do it, and I did - no stopping me now! (Not sure that is a good thing LOL!)

I guess it is a process, I started out with socks, then scarves nothing too major, and something that could keep my interest long enough to see it through. But there was always the niggling thought...Would I, Should I, Could I...and then I really started to consider it. The body of the pullover was not as tedious as the sleeves I must say, but I had the pattern bit going on the body, so I guess that kept my attention. Maybe that would be the trick, to find something with a simple pattern to start you off, as that makes the work fly by!

Very successful pullover! There is just the right amount of detail and it's such a manly color (not that I wouldn't want to snuggle up in a cardi of the same shade)- you really did a wonderful job. And 6 months for a behemoth like that is no time at all!

The sweater turned out great! I like you jar of scrappies! I followed you from Natural Suburbia's Creative Friday. Here is post this week: http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/04/crafting-on-with-needle-and-thread.html

Aw. A sweater for your hubby! I love it. Mine is a walking heat blanket himself so he doesn't DO sweaters. (nor my son)I like the pattern you knit up. Very cool with the stitch change.

And I love the scrap jar idea! I keep every jar that comes through here (hubby not impressed as I haven't gotten a great way to store the empty ones yet) So I will have to go find a jar and get'er going!:)

I used to collect every jar I came across also but that seems to have eased up, so I can understand your dilemma :-D The problem with storing empty jars (well in this country anyway) is that they are never in any uniformed size so it is very difficult to stack. Good luck!

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